Turn-table.



No. 823,552. 4 PATENTED JUNE 19, 190.6.

J. SGHNBLL.

TURN TABLE.

ABIfLIGATION FILED 11116.8, 1905.

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No. 823,552. I PATENTBD JUNE 19, 1906.

J. SGHNELL.

TURN TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8, 1905.

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' JULIUS SOHNELL, OF RuHRoRT, GERMANY. i TURN-TABLE.

N 0. 823,552 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 19, 1906. I Application filed August 8.1905. Serial No. 273,236.

To all whom it'may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ULIUs SOHNELL, a citizen ofGermany, residing at Riihrort, Germany, have invented new and useful Im-' rovements in Turn-Tables, of which the folowing is a specification.

This invention-relates to a turn-table having a pivoted track which wherrtilted causes the cars or locomotives to run/automatically off the table and upon the receiving-track.

screws S, engaging nutsm, that form part of track '21 Screws S are operated by beveled gears s and a spindle 8 which receives motion from a handle 8 by shaft 8 By turning handle 8 track u? may be brought from the horizontal position, Fig. 3, into an inclined position, Fig. 4, and vice versa. If desired, the track 11; may be weighted at one sideof fulcrum $0 so that it is automatically returned to its normal positon after the car has left the turn-table. In igs. 5, 6, and 7 the tracks in 'w are on an even level, so that the cars may be transferred in both directions. The track a is In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is I 5 a side view, partly in section, of my im: 1 proved turn-table, showing the tracks adjoining the table arranged at different levels;

ig. 2, a similar view showing the table-track tilted. Figs. 3 and 4 are views correspond- 2o ing to Figs. 1 and 2 of a modification of the turn-table. Fig. 5 is a side view, artly in I section, of the turn-table, showing the tracks lower side a .of track u. ad oining the same arranged on the same In use the track u is so set that it is inclined toward that track wsay the left one, Fig. 5from which the car A is to be transferred. The car is then rolled upon track u until its center of gravity-has passed slightly beyond fulcrum u it being held in position by one of a pair of blocks 6. These blocks 5 are pivotally secured to track it and to opposite ends of a lever t, having handle I), so that when one block is raised the other block is lowered. 'After the table it has been turned to point in the direction desired the 9 left lever h, Fig. 5, is swung outward to bring nose n out of engagement with stop 0 and to simultaneously start the tilting movement of track a by the engagement of c Fig. 5 with the car omitted.

The letter M indicates a rotatable table or platform having wheels u, that engage a circular rail u, as usual. To table u is pivoted 0 at u a diametricallyextending track it, adapted to support a car A, which is to, be. transferred from a'delivery-track' v to a receiVing-track o. The track a is undivided and is pivoted to the platform u at or about 35 its center, so that when tilted it presents a continuous incline from end to end. The tracks '0 and '12 extend radlally from table a track 2; being at a higher elevation than 4 track 1). Track a is engaged at opposite sides of fulcrum t by lifting-jacks composed of pistons is k, working in cylinders c c. hese cylinders communicate by pi es 0*, havin valvwai'with means for 'suppl ying a 45 suitab e pressure medium to the jacks.

' If a car is to be transferred fromtrack v to track 12, track u 'is leveled and alined with track 0, as shown in Fig. 1. After the car A has been rolled upon track u the table is 5 turned to point in the direction desired. Valve 0 is then turned to admit the pressure medium to cylinder 0 and to thus raise pis ton 7c, This'will tilt track a uponplatform M, Fig. 2, so that the ear A will run down 55 track it and upon track 22 by gravity.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the jacks are formed by car will thus roll from the turn-tableupon the receiving-track by gravity.

at claim is A turn-table provided with a rotatable platform, an' undivided diametrically-ex- I00 tending track pivoted centrally to the platform, and means for tilting the track, combined with a delivery-track, and a receivingtrack arranged radially to the platform, sub stantially as specified.

Signed by me at Dusseldorf, Germany, this 22d day of July, 1905.

JULIUS SOHNELL.

Witnesses P. LIEBER, v WILLIAM ESSENWEIN.

tion. Each lever h is provided with a later- 75 the latter with roller 1" of lever-arm a. The I 

